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Meth, HIV and the spread of a crisis through the Pacific
With Fiji in the midst of an HIV outbreak, UNAIDS warns that other Pacific Islands countries have all the risk factors of a similar crisis.
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The red tape plaguing the medicinal cannabis market
7 Jul 2025New Zealand is one of the best places in the world to grow dope, but getting it to market is a regulatory nightmare.
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Nobel Peace Prize nominee uses tourism as a vessel for peace
5 Jul 2025Tourism can only happen when conflict ends - and that's been recognised with a Nobel Peace Prize nomination
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War zone extraction: High level negotiations, top secret contacts and friendly favours
4 Jul 2025Getting people out and home when they're trapped in a war zone is a dangerous and politically delicate task - here's how it's done.
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Fears extremist group could resurface in NZ as terror label dropped
The terrorist label has been dropped for the Proud Boys, but its ideology still lurks online in New Zealand.
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Kainga Ora cuts new developments as the housing crisis escalates
After a rebuild was cancelled, the former tenants of a social housing development in Auckland have seemingly 'disappeared'.
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The bill that's left people dazed, confused and angry
1 Jul 2025Is the Regulatory Standards Bill the key to better law making for the future, or a gigantic waste of time and an affront to democracy?
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The Detail: Kiwi journos tackling issue of distrust in NZ media
30 Jun 2025Rather than shrug helplessly over a lack of trust in media, two New Zealand journalists are rolling up their sleeves to tackle the issue.
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Gas costs keep rising, but so too do the number of new householders using it
27 Jun 2025New Zealand is running out of gas and prices are rising - but that hasn't stopped some households from hooking up.
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The Detail: The mishmash sports taking off in New Zealand
28 Jun 2025Two non-traditional sports - hobby horsing and pickleball - have gained popularity in recent years and Kiwis are joining in the fun.
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A speedbump, not a roadblock for Iran's nuclear programme
26 Jun 2025Information about Iran's nuclear programme is highly secretive, but experts say the bombings may not have been a huge setback
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The big 'but' in our slow economic recovery
As far as New Zealand's economic recovery goes, we're still crawling out of our deep recessionary hole - and we've just hit a global glitch
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Sir Graham Henry, herpes, and an award-winning ad
24 Jun 2025The former All Black coach beamed into the world's most prestigious ad awards to congratulate New Zealand ... sort of.
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'Nowhere to go' for more than 100,000 Kiwis
23 Jun 2025"[It] shift the mentality from homelessness being an individual problem caused by individuals to actually an understanding that homelessness is a collective responsibility," Hendry says.
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Ukraine's morale-boosting, tech-propelled battle wins
Innovation in warfare features in Ukraine's David and Goliath fight with Russia.
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Paving the way to NZ's future, using robots and kiwifruit leather
Dozens of innovators showed off their wares at Fieldays, offering solutions to problems - and a bit of hope.
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Funeral costs in the spotlight
Even funeral directors believe death could be done better, but how to achieve that is up for debate.
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WorkSafe's transformation from 'cop' to 'coach'
A decade after major overhauls to health and safety in New Zealand, WorkSafe is getting a reboot. Critics aren't convinced it will save lives.
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The hunt for ever decreasing numbers of moths and butterflies
14 Jun 2025"We lose them, they're gone forever": Lepidopterists fear our native species are on the wane.
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Shoe-shining days over for Fieldays, but tractor pull a main draw
13 Jun 2025At Fieldays, exhibitors from around the country - and the world - come to show off the latest farming innovations.
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A bold dream gets a cut as Predator Free 2050 Ltd is disestablished
12 Jun 2025Predator Free 2050 was hit by a budget blow, and now the 'moonshot' goal is under threat
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Harvard's bonfire could be NZ's foreign exchange
11 Jun 2025New Zealand universities are being urged to seize the day when it comes to America's turmoil over foreign students.
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How home owners can move the dial on climate change
10 Jun 2025It may seem that as an ordinary person, cutting emissions is too big a job. But homeowners have a large part to play.
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Cutting superannuation costs amid political landmines
Some describe it as "uranium wrapped in barbed wire", but means testing for benefits is creeping into our lives.
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A Kiwi dream goes global - Synthony's symphony of success
7 Jun 2025A marriage of bass drops and bow strings, Synthony strikes a chord from Christchurch to Calgary.
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Science sector sounds alarm over funding shake-up
6 Jun 2025The science sector, once hailed for its agility and ingenuity, is now grappling with a crisis of confidence.
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A life in the shadows for thousands of New Zealand-born children
5 Jun 2025For the undocumented, NZ-born children of overstayers, life ends when they turn 18.
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Should young people have access to social media?
4 Jun 2025The push to get under-16-year-olds off social media is a cause that's united some high-powered women from all walks of life.
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